The Arizona Republic
Jun. 12, 2009
Some Southwest Valley councils are supporting Gov. Jan Brewer's budget over a legislative budget that they say robs the cities and leaves it to them to raise fees and taxes to make up for what was taken.
It would be hard to find bigger opponents of new taxes than the majority of the Litchfield Park City Council. But last week, the council voted to support the governor's budget, which would send to the voters a three-year, 1-cent sales-tax increase that Brewer projects will raise $1 bill...
Forbes
Jun. 8, 2009
PHOENIX -- Arizona lawmakers and other state officials are debating whether a Republican budget plan approved by the Legislature would jeopardize more than $2 billion of federal stimulus funding that Arizona is counting on to keep current and future budgets in the black.
At issue is whether state budget provisions violate conditions set by the federal stimulus law for allotments of approximately $1.7 billion of additional Medicaid dollars for care for poor people and of $1 billion of &q...
Phoenix Business Journal
Jun. 3, 2009
The presidents of Arizona’s three state universities are backing Gov. Jan Brewer’s budget plan — which includes protecting colleges from dramatic spending cuts and a temporary 1-point increase to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax.
Arizona State University President Michael Crow, Northern Arizona University President John Haeger and University of Arizona President Robert Shelton have come out in support of Brewer’s budget fearing proposals by the Republican-...
Phoenix Business Journal
Jun. 3, 2009
The League of Arizona Cities and Towns is backing Gov. Jan Brewer budget and tax plan.
That includes a 1-point increase to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax and $1 billion worth of spending cuts.
The group said Wednesday that it supports Brewer’s temporary tax increase, spending cuts and use of federal stimulus money to solve a $4 billion budget deficit.
Arizona Republic
Jun. 2, 2009
Gov. Jan Brewer upped the ante Monday in Arizona's high-stakes budget battle, releasing a proposal that would increase taxes, cut spending, sell state assets and lean on the federal government for assistance in closing a shortfall that her office now estimates at $4 billion.
The deficit figure, up steeply from the $3 billion estimate used by legislative budget analysts, takes into account recent declines in state revenue and a significant increase in enrollees for state-subsidized healt...
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